tibberous Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I want to get a dog, or a few dogs - mainly as pets, but also to guard my house. I want to get a breed that is going to be healthy and somewhat smart. I am thinking either: caucasian ovcharka (expensive) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_Ovcharka south russian ovcharka (hard to find) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Russian_Ovcharka rotweiller (not overly health) komondor (hard to clean) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komondor bullmastiff sharplaninac I was thinking to get a couple dogs so they could play together. I was also thinking about getting them from a shelter, but something like a sharplaninac or komondor would almost have to be purchased from a breeder. Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Hrmmm wow.... I didn't know people actually had guard dogs lol. Well, I knew a woman with guard dogs once... She had 4 (ish... 3-5 somewhere in there... dunno) German shepherds lol. Anyway, I don't know about personality/loyalty/chance of attacking random person on the street/chance of attacking your children's friends/so on, but I think the first and the last dog look the least ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I wouldn't go near your house if you had a bullmastiff. Brick shithouse scary bastard of a dog. Don't like them personally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Yeah, me either haha.... Those and rockweilers are actually what I think of when I think guard dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Or the most vicious of them all, a Pug. Ever heard of the story where a pug gets in a necklock with a pitbull? The owner of the pitbull tried to pull the pug off the pitbull, but unfortunately when he did that...The pug attacked and ended the life of a poor civilian owner of a pitbull owner. * * This story may be factual or a bunch of shenanigans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-H Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Irish Wolfhound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Woah, I wouldn't want to mess with that dog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopurt18 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Dogs are really only scary if you have more than one. A determined and unarmed invader / attacker could get through one dog but probably not two. Some people say pit bulls are good guard dogs, but I just don't see how with how short they are. By far the best dogs my family ever owned growing up were a pair of rottweilers. They were easily the most obedient and calm dogs of any we owned. They are protective as well and their size puts them at small enough to be controllable by their owner and large enough to be a deterrent. Lastly, don't go hanging any "Beware of Dog" signs around your property or vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chmpdog Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 personally I would get a lepard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleary1981 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 You can have this elephant if you want! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardRotterdam Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I say get a dog like this *removed* Just the sight will scare someone off Well then again I think it's cute wouldn't you just love to be kissed by this cuty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Haha... what the fuck is that shit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardRotterdam Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Haha... what the fuck is that shit? Google up "ugliest dog". Come to think of it I'd love that one and teach it to kiss me mom or anyone that visits me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopurt18 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Holy crap! It looks like the puppet from Tales from the Crypt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 What I'm afraid of is that the dogs won't attack if I'm not there. I have no idea how to train a dog to attack people without me being around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardRotterdam Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 What I'm afraid of is that the dogs won't attack if I'm not there. I have no idea how to train a dog to attack people without me being around. Well ..... do you really want a dog to attack someone when you are not around. What if a dog attacks anyone that is not you. Imagine you have a kid over or someone that is really dear to you. However the dog just see that person as a trespasser and attack that person. Could you live with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 What I'm afraid of is that the dogs won't attack if I'm not there. I have no idea how to train a dog to attack people without me being around. I thought you wanted a watch dog...? If you want it to attack then get a pit bull, juice it up, mix gun powder in its food, and beat the shit out of him once in a while, that should do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I think you're better off with a security system than a dog. By the way tibberous, this is a kind of personal question, but do you live in a crappy neighborhood? Or are you super rich? Or are you just paranoid? What I'm afraid of is that the dogs won't attack if I'm not there. I have no idea how to train a dog to attack people without me being around. Well ..... do you really want a dog to attack someone when you are not around. What if a dog attacks anyone that is not you. Imagine you have a kid over or someone that is really dear to you. However the dog just see that person as a trespasser and attack that person. Could you live with that? I would imagine the dog would be inside of his house, and I would imagine his family/friends would know about it. I have heard multiple stories about dogs being mistaken about a situation though. The only one I've directly heard though involved a friend of mine. She was at her boyfriend's house and they were wrestling around (at least that's what she said they were doing haha), and the dog thought they were really fighting.... She had to go to the hospital for stitches from the bite >.<. I think it was either a pittbull or a rottweiler... Don't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 If you want it to attack then get a pit bull, juice it up, mix gun powder in its food, and beat the shit out of him once in a while, that should do the trick. lol Maq, you should open up a dog training school. Call it 'Maq-Daddy's School of Death Dogs' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbtophp Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I thought you wanted a watch dog...? If you want it to attack then get a pit bull, juice it up, mix gun powder in its food, and beat the shit out of him once in a while, that should do the trick. lmfao! lol, i just had to reply, I agree nrg_alpha I recomend a doberman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 My favourite dog was a Doberman/German Shepard cross, however Fluffy will beat any other [attachment deleted by admin] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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